#3E38C6#3E38C6

#3E38C6 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.211 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38C6
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(243, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 46.66, -72.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 86.31, 302.72°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% 0.0206 -0.2099)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.211 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5905, 7.9284, 54.2293)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E38C6 #C0C638

analogous

#3879C6 #3E38C6 #8538C6

triadic

#3E38C6 #C63E38 #38C63E

tetradic

#3E38C6 #C63879 #C0C638 #38C685

square

#3E38C6 #C63879 #C0C638 #38C685

split-complementary

#3E38C6 #C68538 #79C638

monochromatic

#201D67 #2F2B96 #3E38C6 #6C67D4 #9A97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#3E38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#3E38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38C6

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38C6	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.211 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670d9',
    500: '#3e38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38c6;
$custom-light: #8670d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.535,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44947,
    "c": 0.21087,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38C6

secondary

#CACD8D

accent

#DF49D9

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38C6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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